Discover fishes of the family of Scaridae

The bleeker's parrotfish is a common tropical fish in the shallow waters of reef zones and lagoons in the Indo-Pacific region. Females have a dark brown body with light bands on the sides, while males are green in color and roam the corals alone.

The bower's parrotfish is a common tropical fish from the Indo-Pacific region, found from the Philippines to the Great Barrier Reef. Recognizable by its large orange spot on the operculum and its orange and blue lines on the dorsal fin, it feeds on algae by nibbling on corals.

The captain parrotfish is distinguished by its blue-green color and slightly rounded caudal fin. It can be found around Mauritius, the Maldives, the Chagos archipelago, and more recently around Reunion Island.

The Mediterranean parrotfish is a rare representative of the Scaridae in temperate zones. It is native to the warm waters of the south and east Mediterranean. It feeds mainly on algae and inhabits rocky areas up to a depth of 30 meters.